Julie Brook studied art at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford(1980-83). From 1989 Julie Brook has been living and working in remote landscapes in Scotland; Hoy, Orkney (1989) ; the west coast of Jura (1990-94); on the uninhabited island of Mingulay (1996-2011), Outer Hebrides. Recently she has been working in different parts of the desert in Central and South West Libya (2008-09) travelling with Tuareg guides; Syria (2010) ; NW Namibia (2011-14) travelling with Himba-Herero guides. She makes large scale sculptural work outside using different materials using photography and film as part of the process of working.